Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 7, 1979 with Mrs. Minnie Ripley on the street named after her, Ripley Street, in Mayersville, Mississippi. Ripley was born on August 22, 1900 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She attended public schools in...

Oral history.; Interview conducted May 29, 2002 in James Gray's office. James Gray, Jr. was born on February 24, 1941, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The family moved to Port Gibson, Mississippi when Gray was three years old, and he has lived there...

From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. Letter from W. E. Wormell in Aiken, South Carolina, to Merry B. Harris in Gallatin, Mississippi. Mr. Wormell describes the festivities celebrating the secession of South Carolina from the Union. Harris was a...